Synbio Newsletter October 2013

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The project suggest that magnetic medical drugs can be used to localize, poison and burn cancer cells. The Danish newspaper Ingeniøren has written an article on the project developed by University of Copenhagen's participants in the world cup in synthetic biology for students known as iGEM.

The tropical plant Indian Coleus have been used to cure heart failure for centuries. Its medicinal effects are caused by the compound forskolin, which the is the focus of the new project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The commercial potential is big, since the compound has been approved for drug use.

Philosophers should get out more. Leave their university offices to share and activate their knowledge in society by collaborating with other professions. This is the essence of a recent article in the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen that features Alfred Birkegaard Hansted, a collaborator of the Center for Synthetic Biology.

Ingeniøren reports on Copenhagen iGEM'ers Magnetic Cancer MedicineThe project suggest that magnetic medical drugs can be used to localize, poison and burn cancer cells. The Danish newspaper Ingeniøren has written an article on the project developed by University of Copenhagen's participants in the world cup in synthetic biology for students known as iGEM.

Synbio Collaborator Challanges Philosophical TradiotionsPhilosophers should get out more. Leave their university offices to share and activate their knowledge in society by collaborating with other professions. This is the essence of a recent article in the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen that features Alfred Birkegaard Hansted, a collaborator of the Center for Synthetic Biology.